Iran downplays war rhetoric leaving US intelligence to warn of attacks on Israel

Iranian reporters remark on regime’s silence with analysts suggesting low-key approach may be due to reluctance to stir up fear

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If Iran is on the brink of war with Israel, and possibly the US, astonishingly little is being done by the regime to prepare its people for the coming struggle. That may be because Iran does not want an all-out conflict.

Even Iranian reporters have noticed the silence and how the rhetoric of imminent war is largely being stoked by US intelligence officials in Washington. One Iranian reformist newspaper had five reports on a possible imminent attack on Israel, including predictions of hundreds of cruise missiles raining down on Israel, entirely based on US news outlets such as CBS, CNN, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.